Blossom vs. Flourish
Difference Between Blossom and Flourish
Blossomnoun
A flower or cluster of flowers.
Flourishverb
To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
The crops flourished in the rich soil.Blossomnoun
The condition or time of flowering
peach trees in blossom.Flourishverb
To do or fare well; prosper
"No village on the railroad failed to flourish" (John Kenneth Galbraith).Blossomnoun
A condition or period of maximum development. ]
Flourishverb
To be in a period of highest productivity, excellence, or influence
a poet who flourished in the tenth century.Blossomnoun
A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers.
The blossom has come early this year.Flourishverb
To make bold, sweeping movements
The banner flourished in the wind.Blossomnoun
The state or season of producing such flowers.
The orchard is in blossom.Flourishverb
To wield, wave, or exhibit dramatically.
Blossomnoun
(figurative) A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.
Flourishnoun
A dramatic or stylish movement, as of waving or brandishing
"A few ... musicians embellish their performance with a flourish of the fingers" (Frederick D. Bennett).Blossomnoun
The colour of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs.
Flourishnoun
An embellishment or ornamentation
a signature with a distinctive flourish.Blossomverb
(intransitive) To have, or open into, blossoms; to bloom.
Flourishnoun
An ostentatious act or gesture
a flourish of generosity.Blossomverb
(intransitive) To begin to thrive or flourish.
Flourishnoun
(Music) A showy or ceremonious passage, such as a fanfare.
Blossomnoun
reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
Flourishverb
(intransitive) To thrive or grow well.
The barley flourished in the warm weather.Blossomnoun
the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
Flourishverb
(intransitive) To prosper or fare well.
The town flourished with the coming of the railway.The cooperation flourished as the customers rushed in the business.Blossomverb
produce or yield flowers;
The cherry tree bloomedFlourishverb
(intransitive) To be in a period of greatest influence.
His writing flourished before the war.Blossomverb
develop or come to a promising stage;
Youth blossomed into maturityFlourishverb
(transitive) To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
Flourishverb
(transitive) To make bold, sweeping movements with.
They flourished the banner as they stormed the palace.Flourishverb
(intransitive) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
Flourishverb
(intransitive) To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
Flourishverb
(intransitive) To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
Flourishverb
(transitive) To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
Flourishverb
(intransitive) To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
Flourishverb
To boast; to vaunt; to brag.
Flourishnoun
A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.
With many flourishes of the captured banner, they marched down the avenue.Flourishnoun
An ornamentation.
His signature ended with a flourish.Flourishnoun
(music) A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.
The trumpets blew a flourish as they entered the church.Flourishnoun
(architecture) A decorative embellishment on a building.
Flourishnoun
a showy gesture;
she entered with a great flourishFlourishnoun
an ornamental embellishment in writing
Flourishnoun
a display of ornamental speech or language
Flourishnoun
the act of waving
Flourishnoun
(music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments;
he entered to a flourish of trumpetsher arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfareFlourishverb
grow stronger;
The economy was boomingFlourishverb
gain in wealth
Flourishverb
move or swing back and forth;
She waved her gun
